"to the musical's plot as having been ""boldly extrapolated"" from the short story, and called the result ""a thoroughly pleasant musical evening"". The Secret Life of Walter Mitty ""The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"" (1939) is a short story by James Thurber. The most famous of Thurber's stories, it first appeared in ""The New Yorker"" on March 18, 1939, and was first collected in his book ""My World and Welcome to It"" (Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1942). It has since been reprinted in ""James Thurber: Writings and Drawings"" (The Library of America, 1996, ), is available on-line on the ""New"
"masterpieces"". It was made into a 1947 movie of the same name, with Danny Kaye in the title role, though the movie is very different from the original story. It was also adapted into a 2013 film, which is again very different from the original. The name Walter Mitty and the derivative word ""Mittyesque"" have entered the English language, denoting an ineffectual person who spends more time in heroic daydreams than paying attention to the real world, or more seriously, one who intentionally attempts to mislead or convince others that he is something that he is not. Warner Brothers studio"
"of Walter Mitty"", and his wife Helen Thurber would later sue Filmation in 1975 for creating the series without the permission of her late husband's estate. The outcome of the decision resulted in the series being retitled in future broadcasts as ""The New Adventures of Waldo Kitty"". ""The Secret Lives of Waldo Kitty"" was produced by Lou Scheimer and Norm Prescott and directed by Don Christensen and Rudy Larriva. Critically, positive response was aimed at the show's imaginative story lines and its ability to parody pop culture events well. However, producer Scheimer was extremely upset by the series' final result,"
"with Kaye and Mayo in their original film roles. Plans to remake ""The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"" arose in the early 1990s, with producer Samuel Goldwyn, Jr. considering actor Jim Carrey for the starring role. After development that spanned over two decades, the film finally came to fruition with Ben Stiller as the lead actor and the director. The film was released in the US on December 25, 2013. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947 film) The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is a 1947 Technicolor comedy film, loosely based on the short story of the same name"
"Walter Lantz Walter Benjamin Lantz (April 27, 1899 – March 22, 1994) was an American cartoonist, animator, film producer, director and actor best known for founding Walter Lantz Productions and creating Woody Woodpecker. Lantz was born in New Rochelle, New York, to Italian immigrant parents, Francesco Paolo Lantz (formerly Lanza) and Maria Gervasi from Calitri. According to Joe Adamson's biography, ""The Walter Lantz Story"", Lantz's father was given his new surname by an immigration official who anglicized it. Walter Lantz was always interested in art, completing a mail-order drawing class at age 12. He was inspired when he saw Winsor"
"Ogden Whitney Ogden Whitney (born 1918; died early 1970s) was an American comic-book artist and sometime writer active from the 1930s-1940s Golden Age of comics through the 1960s Silver Age. He is best known as co-creator of the aviator hero the Skyman and of the superpowered novelty character Herbie Popnecker and his alter ego, the satiric superhero the Fat Fury. Whitney as well had long runs on characters as diverse as the Western masked crime-fighter the Two-Gun Kid, and the career-girl character Millie the Model. In 2007, Whitney was one of two comics creators inducted into the comic-book industry's Will"
"the characters John (Second Man), Nellie (Second Woman), and Lou (First Woman), updating classic poetry to be more cheerful. The prose version of the piece, which was a humorous essay rather than a short story, originally appeared in ""The Bermudian"", and was collected in ""Thurber Country"". ""Fables (Part 2) "" consists of two more Thurber fables, originally staged by James Starbuck. They are: ""The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"" - narrated by Fourth Man. This adaptation of Thurber's most famous short story features the characters Walter Mitty (First Man), Mrs. Mitty (First Woman), First Voice (Fifth Man), Lieut. Berg (Fourth"
"around Snoopy's active, Walter Mitty–like fantasy life, in which he imagines himself in various roles, including a World War I Flying Ace, a World Famous Author, and a college student named Joe Cool. Despite these roles' impressive names, Snoopy usually fails in his fantasies. Schulz continued to introduce new characters, notably Peppermint Patty, a tomboyish, assertive, athletic, freckle-faced, shorts-and-sandals-wearing girl. Peppermint Patty shakes up Charlie Brown's world by calling him ""Chuck"", flirting with him and giving him compliments he is not sure he deserves. She also brings in a new group of friends (and heads a rival baseball team), including"
"Walt Disney Walter Elias Disney (; December 5, 1901December 15, 1966) was an American entrepreneur, animator, voice actor and film producer. A pioneer of the American animation industry, he introduced several developments in the production of cartoons. As a film producer, Disney holds the record for most Academy Awards earned by an individual, having won 22 Oscars from 59 nominations. He was presented with two Golden Globe Special Achievement Awards and an Emmy Award, among other honors. Several of his films are included in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress. Born in Chicago in 1901, Disney developed"
"has never been clear. Walt Disney said that he came up with the idea on the train ride back to Los Angeles shortly after the confrontation with Mintz, but other records say that he came up with the idea after he returned to the studio. Walt Disney once said that he was inspired by a pet mouse he once had at the old Laugh-O-Grams studio, but more commonly said that he chose a mouse because a mouse had never been the central character of a cartoon series before. Some animation historians claim that Ub Iwerks created Mickey and he should"
"Olivia de Havilland. His short story ""The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"" has been adapted for film twice, once in 1947 and again in 2013. Thurber was born in Columbus, Ohio, to Charles L. Thurber and Mary Agnes ""Mame"" (née Fisher) Thurber on December 8, 1894. Both of his parents greatly influenced his work. His father was a sporadically employed clerk and minor politician who dreamed of being a lawyer or an actor. Thurber described his mother as a ""born comedian"" and ""one of the finest comic talents I think I have ever known."" She was a practical joker and,"
"Walt Simonson Walter ""Walt"" Simonson (born September 2, 1946) is an American comic book writer and artist, best known for a run on Marvel Comics' ""Thor"" from 1983 to 1987, during which he created the character Beta Ray Bill. He is also known for the creator-owned work ""Star Slammers"", which he inaugurated in 1972 as a Rhode Island School of Design thesis. He has also worked on other Marvel titles such as ""X-Factor"" and ""Fantastic Four"", on DC Comics books including ""Detective Comics"", ""Manhunter"", ""Metal Men"" and ""Orion"", and on licensed properties such as ""Star Wars"", ""Alien"", ""Battlestar Galactica"" and"
"Walter Peregoy Alwyn Walter ""Walt"" Peregoy (November 17, 1925 – January 16, 2015) was an American artist who was a color stylist and background artist for animated cartoons. Among the studios he worked for were Walt Disney Productions 1951–1964, 1974–1983, Format Films and Hanna-Barbera (1968–1971 & 1973). He received little publicity over his career, but was acclaimed for his avant-garde style. His dedication, creativity and contributions to animation while at Disney earned Peregoy the honor of being inducted into the Disney Legends roster in 2008. Peregoy was born in Los Angeles in 1925. He spent his early childhood on a"
"Chilly Willy Chilly Willy is a funny animal cartoon character, a diminutive anthropomorphic penguin living in Alaska, but lives in Antarctica in the New Woody Woodpecker Show. He was created by director Paul Smith for the Walter Lantz studio in 1953, and developed further by Tex Avery in the two subsequent films following Smith's debut entry. The character soon became the second most popular Lantz/Universal character, behind Woody Woodpecker. Chilly Willy was inspired by mystery writer Stuart Palmer, according to Scott MacGillivray's book ""Castle Films: A Hobbyist's Guide"". Palmer used the Lantz studio as a background for his novel ""Cold"
"Bad Ol' Putty Tat Bad Ol' Putty Tat is a 1949 ""Merrie Melodies"" animated cartoon released by Warner Bros. starring Tweety Bird and directed by Friz Freleng. Tweety must evade the titular ""puddy tat,"" Sylvester the Cat, who is once again in hot pursuit of Tweety, just so that he can eat him for his own personal snack. It provides an anomaly in the Sylvester & Tweety pairings: In this one, Tweety provides almost all the dialogue, and then mainly to the audience. Tweety's voice is performed by Mel Blanc, who also screams out Sylvester's pain in mid-film. The story"
"Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume Two. Bad Ol' Putty Tat Bad Ol' Putty Tat is a 1949 ""Merrie Melodies"" animated cartoon released by Warner Bros. starring Tweety Bird and directed by Friz Freleng. Tweety must evade the titular ""puddy tat,"" Sylvester the Cat, who is once again in hot pursuit of Tweety, just so that he can eat him for his own personal snack. It provides an anomaly in the Sylvester & Tweety pairings: In this one, Tweety provides almost all the dialogue, and then mainly to the audience. Tweety's voice is performed by Mel Blanc, who also screams out"
"a fey women's milliner whose inspiration for the ridiculous chapeaux he creates is in actuality his loathing of women. The Anatole character is based on ""Antoine de Paris,"" a women's hair-salon professional of the era, known for creating preposterous hairstyles. The lyrics to the song ""Anatole of Paris"" were written by Kaye's wife, Sylvia Fine. ""The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"" ranks 479th on ""Empire"" magazine's 2008 list of the 500 greatest movies of all time. ""The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"" was dramatized as a half-hour radio play on the November 3, 1947 broadcast of ""The Screen Guild Theater"""
"wrote and drew ""Millie"" for 10 years. The high-school series ""Patsy Walker"", co-created by Atkinson and writer Otto Binder in 1944, featured art by Al Hartley, Al Jaffee, Morris Weiss and others, ran until 1967 and spun off three titles. Patsy herself would be integrated into Marvel Universe continuity years later as the supernatural superheroine Hellcat. Atlas' funny animal books featured cartoonist Ed Winiarski's trouble-prone ""Buck Duck"", Maneely's mentally suspect ""Dippy Duck"", and Howie Post's ""The Monkey and the Bear"". Buck and the other funny animal characters briefly returned in the early 1970s when Marvel published the five-issue reprint title"
"Milt Kahl Milton Erwin ""Milt"" Kahl (March 22, 1909 – April 19, 1987) was an American animator. He was one of (and often considered the most influential of) Walt Disney's supervisory team of animators, known as Disney's Nine Old Men. Kahl was born in San Francisco, California, to Erwin, a saloon bartender, and Grace Kahl. He had two younger sisters, Marion and Gladys. He would often refine the characters sketches from Bill Peet with the ideas of Ken Anderson. For many years the final look for the characters in the Disney films were designed by Kahl, in his angular style"
"Elliot Handler Elliot Handler (April 9, 1916 – July 21, 2011) was an American inventor, businessman, and co-founder of Mattel. With his wife, he developed some of the biggest-selling toys in American history, including Barbie, Chatty Cathy, Creepy Crawlers, and Hot Wheels. Handler was born to a Jewish family in Chicago, Illinois, on April 9, 1916, and grew up in Denver, Colorado. He studied industrial design at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. In 1929, he met his future wife Ruth Mosko at a B'nai B'rith dance for teenagers. They later married and had two children: a"
"Iwerks was portrayed in the episode by Tony Hale. All Comicolor shorts. All Comicolor shorts. Ub Iwerks Ubbe Eert ""Ub"" Iwerks, A.S.C. (; March 24, 1901 – July 7, 1971) was an American animator, cartoonist, character designer, inventor, and special effects technician, who created Oswald the Lucky Rabbit and Mickey Mouse. The works Iwerks produced alongside Walt Disney went on to win numerous awards, including multiple Academy Awards. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri. His father, Eert Ubbe Iwerks, immigrated to the U.S. in 1869 from the village of Uttum in East Frisia (northwest Germany, today part of the"
"Ernie Hart Ernest Huntley Hart (October 2, 1910 – May 2, 1985 or July 1985; sources differ), also known as H.E. Huntley, was an American comic-book writer and artist best known for creating Marvel Comics' funny animal character Super Rabbit as well as co-creating the superhero The Wasp. In addition, he variously wrote, edited and illustrated numerous books on dog breeding and ownership. During the 1930s, Ernie Hart painted murals for the Works Progress Administration. In the following decade he joined Timely Comics, the future Marvel Comics, as part of its ""animator"" bullpen, separate from the superhero group that produced"
"Wally Walrus Wally Walrus is a fictional animated cartoon character who appeared in several films produced by Walter Lantz Productions in the 1940s and 1950s. Wally is an anthropomorphic walrus. In most of his appearances, he speaks with a pronounced Swedish accent, and is rather slow-witted and prone to anger when provoked. He often hums ""My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean"" to himself. He is depicted most frequently as an adversary of Woody Woodpecker, sharing the same dynamic with him as with Buzz Buzzard. Wally was voiced in his original appearance and subsequent others by Jack Mather, who voiced The"
"Ted Osborne Theodore H. ""Ted"" Osborne (February 6, 1900 or 1901 – March 12, 1968) was an American writer of comics, radio shows and animated films, remembered for his contributions to the creation and refinement, during the 1930s, of Walt Disney cartoon characters. Ted Osborne was born in Oklahoma. He spent a decade (1931–40) at the Walt Disney Studio as a story writer and, between 1932 and 1937, wrote the ""Mickey Mouse"" newspaper dailies and ""Silly Symphonies"" Sunday comics. These were illustrated by Floyd Gottfredson and Al Taliaferro respectively. With Taliaferro, Osborne has been credited as the co-creator of Huey,"
"He was survived by his 70-year-old daughter Barbara. Ruth Handler died in 2002. Elliot Handler Elliot Handler (April 9, 1916 – July 21, 2011) was an American inventor, businessman, and co-founder of Mattel. With his wife, he developed some of the biggest-selling toys in American history, including Barbie, Chatty Cathy, Creepy Crawlers, and Hot Wheels. Handler was born to a Jewish family in Chicago, Illinois, on April 9, 1916, and grew up in Denver, Colorado. He studied industrial design at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. In 1929, he met his future wife Ruth Mosko at a"
"Walt Morey Walter ""Walt"" Morey (February 3, 1907 – January 12, 1992), was an author of numerous works of children's fiction, set in the U.S. Pacific Northwest and Alaska, the places where Morey lived for all of his life. His book ""Gentle Ben"" was the basis for the 1967 movie ""Gentle Giant"" and the 1967-1969 television show ""Gentle Ben"". He wrote a total of 17 published books, most of which involve as a central plot element the relationship between man and animals. Many of his works involve survival stories, or people going into the wild to ""discover"" themselves; redemption through"
"ineffectual dreamer and appears in several dictionaries. ""The American Heritage Dictionary"" defines a Walter Mitty as ""an ordinary often ineffectual person who indulges in fantastic daydreams of personal triumphs"". The most famous of Thurber's inept male protagonists, the character is considered ""the archetype for dreamy, hapless, Thurber Man"". When referencing actor Errol Flynn, Warner Brothers studio head, Jack L. Warner, noted in his autobiography, ""My First Hundred Years in Hollywood"", ""To the Walter Mittys of the world he [Flynn] was all the heroes in one magnificent, sexy, animal package"". In his 1992 biography of Henry Kissinger, Walter Isaacson records that"
"making this movie."" Stoller and Segel's screenplay had described Walter as the adopted younger brother of Gary and had set Walter's age to be approximately 30 years old. Much to the producers' surprise, Disney granted them the creative license to conceive a new Muppet without any initial marketing research, a technique Disney often employs when creating characters for their consumer products franchisees. Segel and Stoller, however, were only responsible for creating Walter's personality and character traits—his physical appearance was crafted by the Muppets Studio and Puppet Heap. Peter Linz came to the producers' attention after a screenplay read-through, where he"
"None of these stories, however, feature any of Thurber's ""Monroe Family"" characters. The tone of these pieces ranges from lighthearted wordplay and dialect (""What Do You Mean It ""Was"" Brillig?"") to literary satire (""The Macbeth Murder Mystery"") to psychological horror (""The Whip-Poor-Will"" and ""A Friend to Alexander""). The most famous story is ""The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,"" which bears little resemblance to the 1947 film of the same name. My World and Welcome to It My World... and Welcome to It is an American half-hour television sitcom based on the humor and cartoons of James Thurber. It starred William"
"Judi Dench and Jim Broadbent; ""The Swimmer"" (1968), starring Burt Lancaster, based on a John Cheever short story from ""The New Yorker""; ""In Cold Blood"" (1967), the widely nominated adaptation of the 1965 non-fiction serial written for ""The New Yorker"" by Truman Capote; ""Pal Joey"" (1957), based on a series of stories by John O'Hara; ""Mister 880"" (1950), starring Edmund Gwenn, based on a story by longtime editor St. Clair McKelway; ""The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"" (1947), which began as a story by longtime ""New Yorker"" contributor James Thurber; and ""Meet Me in St. Louis"" (1944), adapted from Sally"
"Foxy (Merrie Melodies) Foxy is an animated cartoon character featured in three 1931 animated shorts in the ""Merrie Melodies"" series distributed by Warner Bros. He was the creation of animator Rudy Ising, who had worked for Walt Disney in the 1920s. In 1925, Hugh Harman drew images of mice on a portrait of Walt Disney. Disney and Ub Iwerks would then use it as the basis for their creation of Mickey Mouse, the character who eventually became Disney's most popular. Comics historian Don Markstein, calling Warner Bros. animator Rudolf Ising's subsequent Foxy ""perhaps the leading Micky Mouse imitator"", observed that,"
"Universal, it was Universal—not Disney—that owned the rights to the character. Mintz revealed to Disney that he had hired most of his staff away from the studio (except for Ub Iwerks, Les Clark and Wilfred Jackson who refused to leave) and threatened that unless he took a 20 per cent budget decrease, he would drop Disney and continue the Oswald series by himself. Walt refused, and Winkler Pictures dropped its distribution. While Disney was finishing the remaining cartoons for Mintz, Disney and his staff secretly came up with a new cartoon character to replace Oswald—Mickey Mouse. The inspiration for Mickey"
"Ub Iwerks Ubbe Eert ""Ub"" Iwerks, A.S.C. (; March 24, 1901 – July 7, 1971) was an American animator, cartoonist, character designer, inventor, and special effects technician, who created Oswald the Lucky Rabbit and Mickey Mouse. The works Iwerks produced alongside Walt Disney went on to win numerous awards, including multiple Academy Awards. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri. His father, Eert Ubbe Iwerks, immigrated to the U.S. in 1869 from the village of Uttum in East Frisia (northwest Germany, today part of the municipality of Krummhörn). Ub's full name can be seen on early ""Alice"" shorts that he"